In the last decade, 38.5 lakh new vehicles were registered in Delhi. The eastern and northeastern parts have added more than seven lakh people, and account for almost a fifth of Delhi's total population. Major infrastructure projects across the Yamuna due to the Commonwealth Games, as well as development of the satellite towns of Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad have increased the number of vehicles crossing the Yamuna daily.
Yet, in the same period, only one new bridge - the Geeta Colony Bridge - has been built. The other bridges across the Yamuna include the Wazirabad Bridge, an iron bridge called Loha Pul, ISBT Bridge, Geeta Colony Bridge, ITO Bridge, Nizamuddin Bridge, Kalindi Kunj Bridge and the DND toll road. The average waiting time on these bridges is 15-30 minutes in peak hours, say traffic officials.
"Delhi definitely needs more crossovers on the Yamuna as there is huge traffic movement on the bridges every morning and evening. However, along with bridges, proper feeder roads need to be provided as, otherwise, the traffic situation would just get worse as people will be stuck on these bridges," said joint commissioner of police (traffic) Satyendra Garg.
The narrow Wazirabad Bridge was built in 1968 and is always congested as it has only two lanes without a central verge. With many commercial vehicles from UP and Haryana using it every day, traffic between northeast Delhi and other parts of the city moves at a crawl.
The 144 years old Loha Pul is the oldest bridge over the Yamuna in Delhi. Built in 1868, it is now only fit for non-motorized traffic and two-wheelers . Still, it remains clogged at any time of the day, say cops.
The condition of the ISBT Bridge, built in 1990, is slightly better. This eightlane bridge connects north and northeast Delhi and is mainly used by interstate buses. The average waiting time on it is 10-15 minutes in peak hours.
The ITO and Nizamuddin bridges are the most crowded with waiting time touching half an hour during peak hours. Both bridges were built in the 1970s and widened to eight lanes in 1998. Vehicles from east Delhi, south Delhi and Ghaziabad use this route, making it the busiest and causing a long traffic tail on Vikas Marg and NH-24 .
The Kalindi Kunj Bridge or Okhla Barrage is one of the worst bridges. Built in 1984, it has not seen major repairs in 28 years. It was built with a daily capacity of just 10,000 vehicles, but more than a lakh vehicles from Delhi, Faridabad and Noida use it every day now. Development of Noida led to the construction of the DND toll bridge in 2001. However , toll collection causes severe jams on this route during peak hours. The only bridge built recently is the Geeta Colony Bridge, completed in 2009. The six-lane bridge only has slow-moving traffic during peak hours, and has taken the load off the ITO Bridge, say traffic cops.
Delhi fares poorly compared with global cities like London and Paris in terms of bridges. While London has 34 bridges, Paris has 32 major bridges and several minor bridges. Rome has 31 major bridges while Bangkok, Budapest and Berlin have about a dozen bridges each.
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